Etymology

empennage

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Today it means: The tail assembly of an aircraft. Full definition →

French empennage
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  1. French · borrowed fromempennage
  2. French · borrowed fromempennage
  3. English todayempennage

Borrowed from French empennage (“feathers of an arrow”).

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